Whether it was before, the German Navy frantically pursued more than 700 kilometers at a speed of about 24 knots, and pursued it all the way to the vicinity of the Kerch Strait to block the retreating Soviet fleet.

Still in the battle, the German Navy decisively used its speed advantage to cut into the fleet of Soviet auxiliary ships and the Soviet combat fleet.

The level of "expert" shown by the German Navy deeply disturbed Gorshkov.

It can keenly seize the opportunity, easily divide the Soviet fleet, and take the lead in firing, giving full play to the advantage of range...... This series of choices is very professional.

However, with the increase in the time of the battle, the low hit rate of the German Navy finally gave Gorshkov a glimmer of hope for victory!

As long as he wounded one German battleship, then he might find an opportunity to use accurate gunnonry to pull a German battleship to bury him!

"Boom!" Shortly after the battleship Paris Commune opened fire, a 283 mm caliber shell crashed into the armor belt of the battleship Paris Commune, leaving a huge damage on it.

As if fate was playing a game on Gorshkov, just as he saw the hope of victory, the god of fate shattered his hope and pulled him back to reality.

The huge impact made him feel the battleship tremble under his feet, and Gorshkov was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously looked at the floor under his feet.

"We've been hit!" The captain of the battleship Paris Commune cried out in despair, and with this shout, the battleship Paris Commune began a series of explosions.

The German armor-piercing shell pierced the fragile side armor belt of the battleship and rushed into an ammunition depot before stopping.

This ammunition depot was used to store ammunition for the 305 mm guns of the battleship Paris Commune, and as a result, all of them were destroyed at once.

After more than twenty rounds of salvos, the German fleet finally scored two goals and regained a trace of decency.

The embarrassment of the German fleet that missed a hundred shots was finally revealed after this salvo.

Because after some struggle, the battleship of the Paris Commune was hit in this volley, and thick black smoke was rising.

Seeing that his battleship had once again hit the enemy, Lindemann's face finally looked a little better.

After all, the battleship Bismarck, which he commanded before, hit the opponent Hood after a few volleys.

Now I fought for nearly two hours, almost from 3 o'clock to dinner, and barely hit the second time......

Lindemann finally put his mind at ease, and this time he was not destined to return in vain: "Hit the fire and attack the enemy's flagship first!" Sink it! ”

"Boom!" The battleship Gneisenau had just hit the Paris Commune with a salvo, and now it fired another salvo, and its momentum was obviously much more ferocious.

This salvo once again hit the battleship of the Paris Commune, for it was now left to stay where it was, waiting for its own death.

The ammunition compartment exploded, directly blowing up most of the power compartment, and the hull of the battleship Paris Commune was also flooded in large quantities, and it was impossible to repair it at all.

It was only a matter of time before it sank, but what the German naval fleet seemed to lack now was time.

Therefore, Lindemann planned to sink the Soviet battleship that had caught fire and exploded as quickly as possible in order to make up for the lost time.

After the battleship Paris Commune was hit, the German battlecruiser Counterattack, the battlecruiser Scharnhorst, fired a new salvo.

This time the luck was obviously on the side of the German Navy, and it was obviously not too difficult to shoot a fixed target at sea.

So a few shells from the German Navy hit the Paris Commune in this round, breaking the battleship at once.

Before General Gorshkov could give the order to abandon the ship, the only Soviet battleship on the Black Sea broke into two and sank to the bottom of the sea.

As the commander of the fleet, Gorshkov, who did not have to sink with the ship, was not able to leave his flagship in the end, and sank with the ship south of the Kerch Strait.

And with this general sank, there was also the Soviet Union's supremacy in the Black Sea region. The five remaining Soviet cruisers accelerated their escape, threw off the German fleet and rushed towards the Kerch Strait.

Because the distance was shortened, the German naval gunners had been tempered by nearly two hours of actual combat training, and their hit rate had increased a lot.

In the ensuing artillery battle, the German Navy's shooting skills can be said to have improved exponentially, hitting 2 escaped Soviet cruisers in one go, sinking them on the way to escape.

The remaining three Soviet cruisers did break through the interception line of the German Navy and accelerated their escape towards the Kerch Strait.

The German pursuit fleet began to shell the Soviet transports, which could not run fast at all, and the entire Soviet fleet fell into chaos.

When Lindemann was ready to show his skills, Soviet planes appeared in the sky. Although these I-16 fighters did not have the ability to attack the sea, their appearance still made Lindemann vigilant.

He has a third of the capital ships of the German Navy in his hands! It's easy not to have an accident!

Looking at the shattered Soviet convoy in the distance, Lindemann finally chose a safe strategy.

"The fleet turns! Head southwest! Let's get out of here! He looked at the Soviet planes that were hovering in the sky and refused to approach, and chose to leave the battlefield.

In just ten minutes, the pursuing fleet had sunk quite a few Soviet transports and barges, and achieved very encouraging results.

In such a situation, Lindemann did not feel the need to take risks. So he decisively broke away from the battle, turned to the southwest and moved closer to the main fleet.

"Send a telegram! Report the results and apply for air cover! Lindemann then gave a second order.

After all, the speed of the battleship is not as fast as the speed of the plane, and Lindemann does not know what these haunting Soviet planes are here to do.

If there were still attack aircraft behind him, Lindemann felt that his fleet was destined to suffer some hardships. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Lindemann decided to ask the main fleet to send planes to cover it.

As long as the fleet aircraft carrier takes off F-190T fighters to cover, the air threat is nothing.

In the evening, at about half past five, the I-16 fighters trailing behind the German pursuit fleet returned one after another, the alarm was lifted, and the German pursuit fleet broke the Soviet Black Sea Fleet unscathed.

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Fourth Update!